General Sessions

Our general session will be in the Goya room at the Real Fabrica de Tapices (Royal Tapestry Factory).

Founded in 1720 by Philip V, the factory manufactured luxury tapestries for the Royal Family, Vatican and aristocracy.  Today the factory continues to weave tapestry using hand looms and is dedicated to restoring historic textiles.

Goya began his career here, first as a cartoonist and later as a tapestry designer. The Royal Tapestry Factory garden houses a collection of dye plants and species of vegetation used to obtain textile fibres such as cotton and linen.